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[w/Instruction video] Department of Aging Launch Ohio Nursing Home Quality Navigator
Health & Wellness, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioDepartment of Aging Loveland, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) Director Ursel J. McElroy has announced the launch of the Ohio Nursing Home Quality Navigator – a new online tool providing users information about nursing homes across the state in one digital location. A recommendation of the Governor’s Nursing Home Quality & Accountability…
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The first Black Ohio lawmaker was also the first Black author to write a history of Black Americans
Painting of George Washington Williams addressing the Ohio State Legislature. Williams was the first African-American elected to the Ohio State Legislature, serving one term 1880 to 1881. (Photo from the Ohio Statehouse.) The original 1619 project: George Washington Williams authored the two-volume “History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880” by David…
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OHSAA Board of Directors Approves Expansion Proposal
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Sports, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioSoccer, girls volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball adding divisions starting in 2024-25 A Press Release from the Ohio High School Athletic Association After months of discussion and meetings around Ohio to gather feedback, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors unanimously approved a proposal Thursday morning to utilize a new formula to determine…
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Ohio indictments provide a better picture of squalid relationships that spurred massive scandal
Former Public Utilities of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo at court. (Photo by WEWS.) BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio grand jury has handed up a 44-count indictment against three players in what is likely the biggest bribery scandal in state history. And when the 50-page indictment was unveiled Monday, it provided new details about…
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[BREAKING] Ex-First Energy executives, Ohio utility regulator charged by state in bailout and bribery scandal
From left to right: Former PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo, former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, former FirstEnergy VP Michael Dowling. (Mugshots from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. Graphic by WEWS.) BY: MARTY SCHLADEN AND MORGAN TRAU Ohio Capital Journal Ohio law enforcement authorities on Monday filed numerous felony charges against two former First Energy executives and a former top…
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Ohio Congresswoman, Dem caucus use Ohio miscarriage case to push against pregnancy criminalization
Ohio U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Referencing the recent case of an Ohio woman who faced charges after her miscarriage, Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty joined with other congressional Democrats to urge the Biden administration to push further against “pregnancy criminalization.” The Democratic Women’s Caucus,…
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Child care costs continue to rise as Ohio’s children face ‘pervasive’ risks
Getty Images. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio children advocates continue to express concern for the increasing cost of child care, trouble staffing child care providers, low pay for those workers, and pervasive adverse childhood experiences that could be alleviated by early childhood programs. Child care costs have been a hot topic, especially with the…
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Ohio’s AG Yost wants to “kickstart” the state’s stalled capital-punishment system
Kenneth Smith, left, embraces his spiritual advisor, the Rev. Jeff Hood. (Courtesy Rev. Jeff Hood) After an experimental execution of inmate, Kenneth Smith, and he was pronounced dead at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama just six days ago, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued a press release urging “kickstarting” the…
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Ohio governor, state agency lays out suicide prevention plan
JANUARY 31: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine during the State of the State Address, Jan. 31, 2023, in the House Chamber at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original story.) Plan mentions high risk to LGBTQ community impacted by gender-affirming care rules, HB 68 BY: SUSAN…
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Ohio business leaders support redistricting reform amendment
The Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission talk before a 2023 public hearing on Statehouse district maps. (Photo by Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal.) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Business leaders from Ohio are standing in support of a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the way redistricting occurs in the state by removing…
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